Roseanne: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Roseanne Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Two Down, One to Go
Sep 14, 1993 · 23 min
Roseanne is suffering from empty-nest syndrome as Darlene heads for school. But after Darlene gets settled into her dorm, the two have a revealing mother-daughter chat, and Roseann
The Mommy's Curse
Sep 21, 1993 · 23 min
Brutally honest Roseanne suffers the consequences after telling Bev that she's had her fill of her at the Lunch Box. Meanwhile, Jackie jumps back into the dating arena.
Party Politics
Sep 28, 1993 · 23 min
Roseanne attempts to enlist Darlene's aid in taming a rebellious D.J., while scheming to reunite her with David.
A Stash from the Past
Oct 5, 1993 · 23 min
Foreman Dan feels lower than low for getting tough with his employees at work, while Roseanne lectures David for getting high after she finds a stash of pot in the house -- then re
Be My Baby
Oct 19, 1993 · 23 min
After months of trying to get pregnant, Roseanne learns that Jackie is expecting -- and Fred is the unknowing father.
Halloween V
Oct 26, 1993 · 23 min
Halloween at the diner becomes complicated when Nancy complains that Dan doesn't like her, and Roseanne discovers that Darlene and David are each dating others.
Homeward Bound
Nov 2, 1993 · 23 min
Darlene visits, making David realize how much he misses her; Roseanne urges Dan to have a man-to-man chat with D. J. after they discover he's been spending too much time behind loc
Guilt by Imagination
Nov 9, 1993 · 23 min
Dan has a hard time concealing the fact that he had lunch with an old flame.
Homecoming
Nov 16, 1993 · 23 min
Becky and Mark return home for Dan's high school football team's 20th anniversary party. It soon becomes apparent that there's trouble in paradise, so Roseanne schemes to break the
Thanksgiving '93
Nov 23, 1993 · 23 min
The Connors' dysfunctional-family Thanksgiving finds Becky preparing the bird, Dan and Mark duking it out, and an absent-minded Nana Mary revealing Bev's secret about her marriage.
The Driver's Seat
Nov 30, 1993 · 23 min
Leon convinces Jackie and Nancy to open the restaurant for breakfast, causing Roseanne to fear he is planning to force her out. Roseanne's car is stolen -- by D.J., and her violent
White Trash Christmas
Dec 14, 1993 · 23 min
Roseanne and Dan snub the neighborhood association by putting up gaudy Xmas decorations, and become furious with Becky when she gives the check they have given her for college to M
Suck Up Or Shut Up
Jan 4, 1994 · 23 min
Roseanne joins a women's club in hopes of establishing useful contacts, leaving D.J. high and dry with a weird classmate whose mother also belongs. Meanwhile, Mark drops a bombshel
Busted
Jan 11, 1994 · 23 min
Dan and Roseanne try to talk Mark into coming back to Becky; meanwhile, Roseanne finds out that David is living with Darlene and heads for Chicago to confront them.
David vs Goliath
Feb 1, 1994 · 23 min
Guilt and Roseanne's slavedriving push David to confess to Dan that he was living with Darlene in Chicago, and Dan throws him out; Jackie refuses to take money for the baby from Fr
Everyone Comes To Jackie's
Feb 8, 1994 · 23 min
Jackie's house buzzes with activity as Roseanne tries to hide David from Dan.
Don't Make Room for Daddy
Feb 15, 1994 · 23 min
Roseanne becomes involved in a family feud as Fred sues Jackie for custody of their unborn child; Mark and D.J. tease David for being unmanly.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Mar 1, 1994 · 23 min
Roseanne is the life of the party at a gay bar, until Nancy's new girlfriend plants a disturbing kiss on her; meanwhile, back home, Becky's old flame gives Mark reason to distrust
Labor Day
Mar 8, 1994 · 23 min
Jackie is due to give birth, and has to choose between Fred and Roseanne to accompany her to the delivery room.
Past Imperfect
Mar 22, 1994 · 23 min
When Dan's father misses an alimony payment, Dan and Roseanne argue about covering it; meanwhile, Fred becomes concerned about Jackie's sexual past.
Lies My Father Told Me
Mar 29, 1994 · 23 min
Roseanne helps Dan understand his dad's lying about his mom's mental state.
I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep
May 3, 1994 · 23 min
Darlene discovers that D.J. has been sneaking off after to school to attend church; D.J. gives Roseanne a hard time about morals when she accepts a mistaken delivery of a second st
Body by Jake
May 10, 1994 · 23 min
Bev moves in after breaking her pelvis at the retirement home, blaming Dan for not safeproofing her shower; then Roseanne discovers that it happened while Bev and Jake were having
Isn't It Romantic?
May 17, 1994 · 23 min
Fred asks Roseanne how to propose to Jackie, then uses hints from Jackie's favourite soap opera; an enraged Roseanne demands romance from Dan, then turns to fantasy; Mark and David
Altar Egos
May 24, 1994 · 23 min
Egos clash when Jackie and Fred can't make a decision about their marriage. Fred is having what Dan calls the moment of clarity, a case of the jitters that affects some men just be